Shoulder-brace.



PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908. W.4M.,EISEN. SHOULDER BRAGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.16. 1907.

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PATENTED MAR 24, 1908.-

,W.. M}. BISB N SHOULDER-BEACH; 1 dygmuxon FILED 111:0. 16. 1907.

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structed, it was customary to secure the back h ments of the stays resulted in the roduction PATENT OFFICE. 1

WILLIAM M. EISEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOULDER-B31012.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed December 16, 1907. Serial No. 406,704.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. EIsnN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Shoulder-Braces, of which t e,following is a specification.

The present invention relates to shoulder braces of the class in which two inde endent back stays are employed which are ield together by suitable lacing.

1n shoulder )races as heretofore con-' stays together and to em loy a single continuous lacing cord for tig tening thebrace about the body. This form of brace has been found unsatisfactory because the, attachof abrace which was not sufiicient y yielding and did not readily adapt itself to the irregularities of the body and the use of a single continuous lacing cord generally had the effect of drawing thd stays crooked-when the cord was pulled t' htly as it was required to be in order to me e the brace fit.

It is the purpose of my construction to overcome these'several disadvantages in existing braces and this result is accomplished. by providing two entirely independent back stays and connecting them by a series of independent lacmg cords secured in such a manner that the brace while readily'adapting itself toithe contour of the wearers body, may at the sometime be so tightened as to act truly in the sense of a brace without causing discomfort to the wearer.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view 01" a brace disclosing my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view ol a brace and is designed particu layly to illustrate the manner in which the lacing cords are secured to the back stays; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on a plane through a pair ol' adjacent eyelets.

Referring to the drawings, 1 'I represent the back stays which are made of any suitable material and are provided with up )I'O- priate shoulder straps i 2 each cl which is connected to one ol the bark stays by an elastic member 3, the l'n-c mid oi'llushoulder stra being adapted to be adjustably held to thclmck stay by engagement wit h a. buckle 4 4 each shoulder strap at orabout its intermediate portion 5 being padded so as to rest easily in the region of the arm pit of thcl wearer. The adjacent longitudinal edges of the back stays 1 are rovided with a series of regularly spaced eye ets 6, through which a series of lacing cords 7 is passed as described hereinafter. In the preferred form of construction I provide as manylacing cords 7 as there are eye- 'lets in both back stays. The form illus trated in the drawing shows 18 such independent lacing cords, one end 7 of each lacmg cord being secured ad'acent an eyelet 6 between the material of w ich the back stay 1" is formed and the outer end of such lacin cord being held in one of the waist bands 8 0 which two are provided, one of the waist bands preferabl having a buckle 9 to receive the free end of t e opposite waist band. The

lacing cords are so arranged that each pair of cords secured near opposite adjacent eyelets run parallel from eyelet to, eyelet and are then crossed on the outside of the back stay and. have their other ends run to the waist bands 8 and secured therein as-will be clear from Figs. land 2.

A very material advantage resulting from the present construction is that a shoulder brace made. according to the present invention is suitable for persons of various sizes, inasmuch as the two stays bein unsecured or rather not attached to each other, they may be let out to a suitable extent and still'be thoroughly tightened.

A further advantage arises from the eculiar method of lacing, it being fOUIlt' that when pulling upon the waist bands to tighten I the lacing, the back stays will be drawn towardseach other uniformly and evenly and when the waist bands are secured, the brace will effectively performthe function for which it is designed.

Another advantage in using separate lacing cords iSqfOUIld in the fact, that if any one cord should break it may be renewed without.

the necessity of renewing the other cords, whereas if but a single lacing cord were employed, it is obvious when the cord breaks in a certain place, it must be renewed as a whole, thus not only incurring the cost of the new cord but also incurring the cost of time and labor inputting the lacing cord into place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:- y g 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pair of. book stays provided with eyelets along their adjacent edges, of means for adjustably holdin said l ent lacing cordsy there being as many lacing a back stays togeth.er,sa1d means com rising as many lacin cords as there are eye ets, each lacing cord iaving one of its ends secured to the back stay adjacent an eyelet and running arallel for a portion of its length with the acing cord secured in the back stay near the eyelet opposite to said first mentioned eyelet.

2. In a shoulder brace of the character described, the combination with a pair of back stays rovided with eyelets along their edges, shoul er straps secured to said back stays by elastic members, Waist bands, and means for adjustably holding said back stays together, said means comprising a series of independcords as there are eyelets and each lacing cord having one end secured in proximity to an eyelet and passing parallel for a portion of its length to the lacing cord secured near the eyelet o posite to the first mentioned eyelet, and sai lacing cords being then crossed outside the back stays and having their opposite free ends secured to said Waist bands.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM M- EISEN.

Witnesses:

OTTO MUNK, CLARIssA FRANOK. 

